Wanting to have your teeth straightened without everyone knowing that you are wearing braces is only natural, especially if you are an adult in a position of responsibility or you work with the public. You need Invisalign nearly invisible aligners to get you through the straightening process without telling the whole world what you are up to.

Cumbersome metal ‘train track’ braces are hard to miss. It’s almost like they are shouting out of your mouth, crying out for attention, dying to give the straightening game away. And some people, just seem to think the mere fact that they can see your braces, gives them carte blanche to ask you lots of personal questions about your teeth. But at Weybridge Orthodontics in Weybridge, Invisalign braces sign your official secrets act. They won’t tell if you don’t.

Using Invisalign in Weybridge to straighten your teeth is not like using the more well-known brackets and wire braces systems that most of us associate with teeth-straightening.

This is because Invisalign, which is often misspelt as Invisaline, uses transparent rigid plastic trays, which look rather like mouth guards, that fit over the teeth.

The trays are made from detailed scans taken by your dentist in Weybridge. Invisalign’s laboratory in the United States receives these digital scans and uses them to calculate the trajectory along which your teeth need to move to become beautifully aligned. The laboratory makes a series of aligners. Each tray represents one step along the way from the current position of your teeth to the position they need to reach for your desired smile of lovely straight teeth. The pressure that the plastic applies to the teeth is what gently nudges them along the way.

You need to wear each tray for a week to 10 days before moving on to the next one. The number of trays depends on your individual case.

Invisalign aligners are also removable. They are easy to clean, and so are your teeth. Also, you can take them out if you really don’t want anyone to see you are wearing aligners, perhaps for a super-special event like a wedding, a job interview, or an important business meeting.

Have you noticed how much information you subconsciously pick up about someone when you meet them for the first time? Their friendliness, their happiness levels, their character are all assessed, and all from how much they smile and what that smile is like.

This kind of visual information, picked up with thinking within the first few seconds of meeting someone, can make or break the smiler’s hopes and dreams. We are all smilers, and it’s pretty disquieting to think we can be judged as miserable or unfriendly because we don’t smile, and the person judging us is not to know that the reason we’re not smiling is simply because we are ashamed of our teeth.

Weybridge Orthodontics can make sure you never miss out on life’s opportunities because your smile lets you down.

We offer smilers in Weybridge solutions to crooked, overcrowded or misaligned teeth. Treatments include Invisalign in Weybridge. This is a revolutionary method for straightening teeth without the use of brackets, bands or wires. Instead of the usual braces equipment, Invisalign uses clear plastic trays, rather like mouth guards, to move your teeth into a straighter position.

This method of teeth straightening, sometimes misspelt as Invisaline, has several advantages over the wire and bracket variety. If you associate ‘train-track’ braces with adolescence, and do not wish to suffer the embarrassment of being seen wearing such equipment beyond teenage years or early 20s, Invisalign in Weybridge could be for you.

The clear plastic trays fit so snugly over the teeth that they almost cannot be seen at all, and do not interfere with speech.

Invisalign trays are removable too, making brushing and flossing as easy as ever, and you can eat whatever you like. Also, at a pinch, you can remove the tray for a few hours for ultra-important business or social events (although you should not make a habit of this).

Invisalign treatments take only about 12 months, instead of years, and are a more affordable option.

Please note, Invisalign in Weybridge is designed for people with mild to moderate misalignment issues. Why not come in for a consultation and find out if it’s right for you?

One of the things that puts a lot of adults off getting their teeth straightened is the thought of having to spend months and months with metal ‘train track’ bracket and wire braces on the fronts of their teeth, making them look like a gangly teenager, when they are in fact a highly responsible breadwinner. If this is what stops you getting the lovely, straight smile of your dreams, then we’ve got great news for you. In Weybridge, Invisalign is a wonderful way of straightening your teeth without the hassle and embarrassment of traditional metal braces.

Here at Weybridge Orthodontics, we love being able to help people achieve a smile to be proud of because we know just how much it can boost their confidence. This can have hugely positive consequences throughout their lives. So it is sad that many adults forego the results because they cannot face the few months of treatment required to get them.

Invisalign in Weybridge makes the whole process so much easier. Instead of metal brackets and wires cemented onto the teeth, Invisalign uses a series of transparent plastic aligners that look like very thin mouth guards.

The Invisalign treatment journey

Invisalign aligners are manufactured to fit pinpoint accurate measurements taken from your mouth with a scanner. These are fed into a computer programme to create a virtual 3D treatment plan showing how your teeth will need to be moved and how they will look on alignment. This goes to the Invisalign factory in the USA, where your aligners are 3D printed out of smooth plastic. Each aligner has carefully placed pressure points on the inside. You snap it on over your teeth and the points put pressure on your teeth to nudge them one tiny step towards alignment. This takes one to two weeks, and then you move onto the next aligner.

Not only are the aligners almost undetectable on your teeth, but they are also removable. You can continue to eat whatever you like and keeping your teeth clean remains as easy as ever. You just need to wear them for 20–22 hours a day.

To find out more about Invisalign in Weybridge, why not come in for a consultation?

Did you know that over 4 million people worldwide have now had their teeth straightened using Invisalign? That’s a lot of people in just 20 years. This system of teeth straightening is a firm favourite with people who come to see us at Weybridge Orthodontics, and there are several reasons why.

The perks of Invisalign

First of all, Invisalign in Weybridge is a removable device. It snaps on over your teeth like a mouth guard and is usually kept in place by two discreet metal clips on your back teeth. Anyone who has ever had a fixed bracket and wire brace will testify to their longing to be able to just take it off and clean it rather than having to poke about with interdental brushes and get dental floss in behind the wires. It can seem to take forever. Not so with Invisalign. You just snap it off your teeth, eat your food, give your aligner a clean and also your teeth, and then snap it back on again. That said, you must not drink anything but plain water when you have your aligner in. And that can be a plus. Patients report losing weight when they are no longer having mindless snacks and cups of coffee at their desks during the day.

Secondly, Invisalign is invisible. This is the aligners’ best selling point. They are incredibly thin. Only 0.3 millimetres of transparent, rigid plastic hugging your teeth, getting between them and the world. Your colleagues will have to get up Every close and peer at your teeth to spot them, and that kind of behaviour doesn’t go down too well at work. So, you can now have your teeth straightened as an adult and not have everyone know what you are up to. You can tell people if you like, but it might be more fun to keep quiet and see if anyone actually notices the gradual straightening of your teeth.

In Weybridge, Invisalign works best on mild to moderate misalignments, so we can’t use it on all of our patients. If you would like to find out if it can work for you, why not come in for a consultation?

If you play a contact sport you’ll be familiar with mouth guards. Worn over the teeth and gums, the guards shield the mouth from damage and prevent teeth from getting chipped, cracked and broken, if you take a ball, stick or elbow to the face.

You may have bought your gum shield off the shelf, or have got a custom-made one from your dentist, to fit your own teeth and gums. If so, you’ll know the benefit of having one that’s been created just for your mouth.

If you grind your teeth at night, you may also have been prescribed a custom-made mouth guard to stop you unwittingly disintegrating your teeth as you sleep. You’ll know that they are so comfortable after a while you forget you are wearing one.

What does this have to do with braces in Weybridge? Invisalign is a different kind of brace. It is made up of a series of custom-made aligners – which are like thin, plastic mouth guards that fit snugly over the teeth and gums. So, if you already know what it’s like to wear a mouth guard, then you’ll know exactly what to expect with Invisalign in Weybridge.

How does it work?

Your dentist takes a scan of your teeth and uses it to create a 3D treatment plan – this is a series of digital images that show how the teeth will move in increments over time, until they reached the desired end point.

This information is sent to the Invisalign technicians in the US, who use it to create aligners that are uniquely made to fit your mouth.

How long does it take?

Each pair of aligners is worn for two weeks, then changed for the next set in the series. Treatment takes 9-18 months, depending on the severity of the misalignment.

Is it for me?

If you are interested in straightening your teeth with discreet, clear, removable braces that won’t interfere with your lifestyle, get in touch with us at Weybridge Orthodontics in Weybridge. Talk to our Invisalign dentist to find out if the treatment can help you to get the smile you want.